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E-Clip insertion tool

02-26-2015, 03:02 PM

Who has one, what does it look like, and how well does it work? An e-clip is an external retaining ring that snaps into a groove around a shaft and does not have the little holes that snap rings have for snap ring pliers. I went to my local "nuts and bolts" place and asked about e-clip insertion tools, to work with 1/8" and 3/16" and 1/4" shafts/e-clips. The e-clips are fairly inexpensive, but each different size requires a different size of insertion tool and they cost $57 each. Is the insertion tool something I could make, or does it have a tiny, tiny, slot that the e-clip fits into---if so I couldn't machine that.---Brian

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RoscoP---Yes, I found that tool as well, and it looks like it would be great, except for the fact that it is all metric. I have been searching for an hour and I can't find anyone who sells a tool like that in imperial fractional inch sizes.

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Here's a link to one similar to the one I use, mine is a Williams but I can't find anything by searching under the Williams brand.
I think Williams has been bought out by another tool company or folded.

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Somewhere in my checkered past I saw such a tool, which appeared to be nothing more than a piece of nearly - flattened tubing, presumably with a rivet or weld or something to provide a stop at the appropriate depth, and attached to a short handle...